Hi! I did some debugging, to find out why the game Grand Prix Legends did not work as network client/server.
The problem: Its only possible to connect to servers/let clients connect from the local network. Solution: The game set (WS_)SO_DONTROUTE on the socket - and of course this works perfect under unix - but i never had problems while i played this game under windows so this is either not set, when the game runs under windows - or it has no effect within windows. Also the game like to bind the socket for the client connection a second time, when the first connection failed or was canceled. This does not work (addr. in use) - so a (WS_)SO_REUSEADDR would have been needed. Could please someone with a deeper insight in the world of windows direct me to some docu/specs or what ever to get informations about the winsock stuff? The link in the header of the dlls/winsock/socket.c is not valid. I even dont know what winsock version is the current one (1.1,2.0,???). Help is appreciated! Thanx alot! CU!
